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Dufrénoysite

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Lengenbach Quarry, Im Feld (Imfeld; Feld; Fäld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland
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Formula:
Pb
 
2
As
 
2
S
 
5
System:MonoclinicColour:Dark lead-grey; dark ...
Lustre:MetallicHardness:3
Name:After P.A. Dufrénoy (1792-1857), Professor of Mineralogy in the École des Mines, Paris.
This page provides mineralogical data about Dufrénoysite.

Classification of Dufrénoysite

IMA status:Valid - first described prior to 1959 (pre-IMA) - "Grandfathered"
Strunz 8th edition ID:2/E.18-10
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:2.HC.05d

2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
H : Sulfosalts of SnS archetype
C : With only Pb
Dana 8th edition ID:3.5.9.3

3 : SULFOSALTS
5 : 2.5 < ø < 3
Hey's CIM Ref.:5.6.2

5 : Sulphosalts - Sulpharsenites and Sulphobismuthites (those containing Sn, Ge,or V are in Section 6)
6 : Sulpharsenites etc. of Pb alone
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Type Occurrence of Dufrénoysite

Type Locality:Lengenbach Quarry, Im Feld (Imfeld; Feld; Fäld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland

Physical Properties of Dufrénoysite

Lustre:Metallic
Diaphaneity (Transparency):Translucent on thin edges, Opaque
Colour:Dark lead-grey; dark red-brown (transmitted light)
Streak:Reddish brown
Hardness (Mohs):3
Tenacity:Brittle
Cleavage:Perfect
{010} perfect
Fracture:Conchoidal
Density (measured):5.5 - 5.56 g/cm3

Crystallography of Dufrénoysite

Crystal System:Monoclinic
Class (H-M):2/m - Prismatic
Space Group:P2/m (P1 1 2/m) [P2/m] {P1 2/m 1}
Morphology:Tabular {010} and somewhat elongated [100]; also elongated [010] and striated [100].
Twinning:On {001}.

Optical Data of Dufrénoysite

Type:Anisotropic
Anisotropism:Strong
Colour in reflected light:White
Internal Reflections:Deep red at times.
Pleochroism:Weak
Comments:Very weak.

Chemical Properties of Dufrénoysite

Formula:
Pb
 
2
As
 
2
S
 
5
Essential elements:As, Pb, S
All elements listed in formula:As, Pb, S

Relationship of Dufrénoysite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

- +
2.HC.05bBaumhauerite-2a
Pb
 
11
Ag(As,Sb)
 
18
S
 
36
2.HC.05bBaumhauerite
Pb
 
3
As
 
4
S
 
9
2.HC.05eChabournéite
(Tl,Pb)
 
5
(Sb,As)
 
21
S
 
34
2.HC.05aGuettardite
Pb(Sb,As)
 
2
S
 
4
2.HC.05cLiveingite
Pb
 
9
As
 
13
S
 
28
2.HC.05fParapierrotite
Tl(Sb,As)
 
5
S
 
8
2.HC.05fPierrotite
Tl
 
2
Sb
 
6
As
 
4
S
 
16
2.HC.05dRathite
(Pb,Tl)
 
3
As
 
5
S
 
10
2.HC.05aSartorite
PbAs
 
2
S
 
4
2.HC.05aTwinnite
Pb(Sb,As)
 
2
S
 
4
2.HC.05dVeenite
Pb
 
2
(Sb,As)
 
2
S
 
5
2.HC.05gMarumoite
Pb
 
32
As
 
40
S
 
92
2.HC.10aFülöppite
Pb
 
3
Sb
 
8
S
 
15
2.HC.10cHeteromorphite
Pb
 
7
Sb
 
8
S
 
19
2.HC.10bPlagionite
Pb
 
5
Sb
 
8
S
 
17
2.HC.10dRayite
Pb
 
8
(Ag,Tl)
 
2
Sb
 
8
S
 
21
2.HC.10dSemseyite
Pb
 
9
Sb
 
8
S
 
21
2.HC.15Boulangerite
Pb
 
5
Sb
 
4
S
 
11
2.HC.15Falkmanite
Pb
 
5.4
Sb
 
3.6
S
 
11
2.HC.15Plumosite
2.HC.20Robinsonite
Pb
 
4
Sb
 
6
S
 
13
2.HC.25Moëloite
Pb
 
6
Sb
 
6
S
 
14
(S
 
3
)
2.HC.30Dadsonite
Pb
 
23
Sb
 
25
S
 
60
Cl
2.HC.35Owyheeite
Ag
 
2
Pb
 
5
Sb
 
6
S
 
15
2.HC.35Zoubekite
AgPb
 
4
Sb
 
4
S
 
10
Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:

- +
5.6.1Sartorite
PbAs
 
2
S
 
4
5.6.3Liveingite
Pb
 
9
As
 
13
S
 
28
5.6.4Baumhauerite
Pb
 
3
As
 
4
S
 
9
5.6.5Gratonite
Pb
 
9
As
 
4
S
 
15
5.6.6Jordanite
Pb
 
14
(As,Sb)
 
6
S
 
23
5.6.7Fülöppite
Pb
 
3
Sb
 
8
S
 
15
5.6.8Zinkenite
Pb
 
9
Sb
 
22
S
 
42
5.6.9Plagionite
Pb
 
5
Sb
 
8
S
 
17
5.6.10Heteromorphite
Pb
 
7
Sb
 
8
S
 
19
5.6.11Launayite
Pb
 
22
Sb
 
26
S
 
61
5.6.12Playfairite
Pb
 
16
Sb
 
18
S
 
43
5.6.13Semseyite
Pb
 
9
Sb
 
8
S
 
21
5.6.14Madocite
Pb
 
17
Sb
 
16
S
 
41
5.6.15Boulangerite
Pb
 
5
Sb
 
4
S
 
11
5.6.17Robinsonite
Pb
 
4
Sb
 
6
S
 
13
5.6.18Guettardite
Pb(Sb,As)
 
2
S
 
4
5.6.19Twinnite
Pb(Sb,As)
 
2
S
 
4
5.6.20Veenite
Pb
 
2
(Sb,As)
 
2
S
 
5
5.6.21Sorbyite
Pb
 
17
(Sb,As)
 
22
S
 
50
5.6.22Geocronite
Pb
 
14
(Sb,As)
 
6
S
 
23
5.6.23Galenobismutite
PbBi
 
2
S
 
4
5.6.24Cosalite
Pb
 
2
Bi
 
2
S
 
5
5.6.25Cannizzarite
Pb
 
4
Bi
 
6
S
 
13
5.6.26Lillianite
Pb
 
3
Bi
 
2
S
 
6
5.6.27Giessenite
Cu
 
2
Pb
 
26
(Bi,Sb)
 
20
S
 
57
5.6.28 Platynite
5.6.29Xilingolite
Pb
 
3
Bi
 
2
S
 
6
5.6.30Weibullite
Pb
 
5
Bi
 
8
Se
 
7
S
 
11
5.6.31Wittite
Pb
 
9
Bi
 
12
(S,Se)
 
27
5.6.32Kirkiite
Pb
 
10
Bi
 
3
As
 
3
S
 
19
5.6.33Ustarasite
Pb(Bi,Sb)
 
6
S
 
10
 (?)

Other Names for Dufrénoysite

Synonyms:
Dufrenoysite (of Damour)GotharditeGottharditeGotthardtitePlumbobinnite
Rathite-1aScleroclaseScleroklas
Other Languages:
German:Arsenomelan
Bleiarsenit
Dufrénoysit
Gothardit
Gotthardit
Gotthardtit
Plumbobinnit
Russian:Дюфренуазит
Spanish:Dufrénoysita
Gothardita
Gotthardita
Gotthardtita
Plumbobinnita

Other Information

Health Warning:No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

References for Dufrénoysite

Reference List:Damour, A. (1845): Annal. Chim. Phys. 14, 379 ff.

Rammelsberg (1847): 229, 256 (as Gotthardit).

Des Cloizeaux (1855): Ann. mines: 8: 389.

von Waltershausen (1855), Ann. Phys.: 94: 115.

vom Rath, G. (1864): Poggend. Annal. Phys. und Chemie 122, 371-399.

Petersen (1866), Offenbacher Ver. Naturkunde: 7: 13 (as Skeroclas).

Petersen (1867), Jb. Min.: 203 (as Skeroclas).

Groth (1874): 18 (as Bleiarsenit).

Weisbach (1880): 42 (as Plumbobinnite).

Palache, Charles, Harry Berman & Clifford Frondel (1944), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana Yale University 1837-1892, Volume I: Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts, Oxides. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York. 7th edition, revised and enlarged: 442-445.

American Mineralogist (1990): 75: 289-294.

Shimizu, M., Ishizaki, Y., Honma, T., Matsubara, S., Miyawaki, R. (2005): Dufrenoysite and marumoite from the Okoppe Mine, Japan. 8th Biennal SGA Meeting, Beijing, August 18-21, 2005, Poster #100.

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    Localities for Dufrénoysite

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    Australia
     
    • South Australia
      • Flinders Ranges
        • North Flinders Ranges
          • Puttapa
    		Elliott, P. (1991): Minerals from the Beltana mine, Puttapa, South Australia. Mineral. Rec. 22, 449-456.
    Austria
     
    • Salzburg
      • Golling
        • Moosegg (Grubach)
    		A. Strasser: Die Minerale Salzburgs (1989)
    Canada
     
    • Ontario
      • Thunder Bay District
        • Marathon
          • Hemlo gold deposit
    		ontariominerals.com
    Ireland
     
    • Co. Galway
      • Killimor
    		de Haller, series of article in Bull. Soc. Genevoise de Minéralogie in the 1980s.
    Italy
     
    • Piedmont
      • Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province
        • Formazza Valley
          • Formazza
    		Mattioli, V. (1987): Minerali ossolani, 10 anni dopo: errata corrige e novità. Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 4/1987, 195-200.
    Japan
     
    • Honshu Island
      • Tohoku Region
        • Aomori Prefecture
          • Shimokita-gun
    		Matsubara, S, et al. (2000) Abstracts of the Meeting of the Mineralogical Society of Japan, 91.
    Mexico
     
    • Chihuahua
      • Mun. de Batopilas
        • Andres del Rio District
    		No reference listed
    New Zealand
     
    • North Island
      • Auckland
        • Auckland City
          • Great Barrier Island
    		Railton, G.L. & Watters, W.A., Minerals of New Zealand, New Zealand Geological Survey Bull. #104 (1990).
    Norway
     
    • Nordland
      • Hemnes
        • Bleikvassli
    		No reference listed
    Switzerland
     
    • Wallis (Valais)
      • Binn Valley
        • Binn
    		Cannon, R., Hensel, H. & Raber, T. (2008): Der Reckibach-Dolomit im Binntal, Schweiz: Mineralbestand und Neufunde. Lapis, 33 (3), 20-28; 50. (in German)
        • Giessen
    		Most recent: Gea 1993/04 p.137 with most literature references
        • Im Feld (Imfeld; Feld; Fäld)
    		Damour, A. (1845): Annal. Chim. Phys. 14, 379 ff.; vom Rath, G. (1864): Poggend. Annal. Phys. und Chemie 122, 371-399.
    U. Kolitsch und F. C. A. de Wit (1996): Die Mineralien vom Messerbach im Binntal. Lapis 21 (9), 23-31; 58. (in German)
    UK
     
    • England
      • Cornwall
        • Wadebridge District
          • Area East of Wadebridge
            • St Endellion
    		No reference listed
    USA
     
    • Arizona
      • Mohave Co.
        • Cerbat Mts (Cerbat Range)
          • Wallapai District
    		Univ. of AZ Bull. 41 (1916-17), Mineralogy of Useful Minerals in AZ: 34; Galbraith, F.W. (1953), AZ Bur. of Mines Bull. 153: 29.
    • California
      • Inyo Co.
    		Calif. Div. of Mines & Geology Bull. #189, Murdoch, et al (1966): 50.
    • Colorado
      • San Juan Co.
        • Silverton District
          • Silverton
            • Anvil Mountain
    		Minerals of Colorado (1997) Eckels, E. B.
    • Idaho
      • Blaine Co.
    		R&M 70:4 pp 242-263
      • Boise Co.
    		Ream, Lanny R. 2004. Idaho Minerals, 2nd edition, Revised and Updated
    • Nevada
      • Lincoln Co.
        • Pioche District
    		NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada
    • Utah
      • Beaver Co.
        • San Francisco Mts
          • San Francisco District (Frisco District)
            • Frisco
    		UGMS Bull 117 Minerals and Mineral Localities of Utah
      • Salt Lake Co.
        • Oquirrh Mts
          • Bingham District (West Mountain District)
    		UGMS Bull 117 Minerals and Mineral Localities of Utah
    Dana 6: 1093.
        • Wasatch Mts
    		UGMS Bull 117 Minerals and Mineral Localities of Utah
          • Little Cottonwood District (Alta District)
    		Dana 6:1092-1093.
    Dana 6: 1092.
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